An assessment of various blood collection and transfer methods used for malaria rapid diagnostic tests

Malaria Journal

Table 2 Successful collection and transfer of blood to RDT using various devices.

Device	Health workers' previous experience in RDT use^a	n^b	Successful collection and transfer of blood to RDT		Failed collection or transfer of blood to RDT	p-value (failure rate between experienced vs. non-experienced
			on initial attempt	w/in 1 minute or on repeat attempt
Straw	No	16	9	6	1	0.589
	Yes	29	23	5	1
Loop	No	17	5	7	5	0.054
	Yes	29	17	10	2
Plastic	No	15	3	10	2	0.111
Pipette	Yes	29	10	19	0
Glass	No	17	13	2	2	0.619
Capillary Tube	Yes	29	24	2	3

^a Health workers with experience in using RDTs with the straw and/or loop.
^b Some health workers were not able to use devices as insufficient blood was obtained from the fingerprick.

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